Renting
Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it
Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it
While a spike in UK inflation to 2.3% might have been higher than some were expecting, the 8.7% rise in rents was the 15th consecutive month that increases have been above 8%
Renters’ Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high
Renters’ Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high
More than 8,000 households were served a no-fault eviction notice between July and September this year as the wait for Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill goes on
Autumn budget: Labour’s failure to raise housing benefit to keep up with rents is ‘deeply worrying’
Autumn budget: Labour’s failure to raise housing benefit to keep up with rents is ‘deeply worrying’
Local housing allowance was unfrozen for the first time in four years earlier this year and Labour has been under pressure to ensure housing benefit keeps pace with rising rents
Labour must increase housing benefit in autumn budget or risk making pensioners homeless
Labour must increase housing benefit in autumn budget or risk making pensioners homeless
Household overcrowding: Is there enough space in your home?
Household overcrowding: Is there enough space in your home?
How to apply for a council house
How to apply for a council house
What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?
What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?
Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?
Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?
Getting a lodger: How to get started
Getting a lodger: How to get started
What is a sitting tenant?
What is a sitting tenant?
Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’
Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’
How Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill is aiming to save renters from ‘fear of eviction’
How Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill is aiming to save renters from ‘fear of eviction’
Renters kicked out by no-fault evictions pay thousands to find a new home: ‘It’s totally unjust’
Renters kicked out by no-fault evictions pay thousands to find a new home: ‘It’s totally unjust’
What happens at a possession hearing?
What happens at a possession hearing?
Homelessness soars in England due to sky-high rents and asylum backlog crackdown
Homelessness soars in England due to sky-high rents and asylum backlog crackdown
Renters should be compensated if they’re forced out of their home, campaigners say
Renters should be compensated if they’re forced out of their home, campaigners say
Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Tenants of TV star Stephen Mulhern left ‘living with damp and mould for two years’
Tenants of TV star Stephen Mulhern left ‘living with damp and mould for two years’
What are service charges? Everything you need to know
What are service charges? Everything you need to know
Section 21 eviction notice: What you should know
Section 21 eviction notice: What you should know
Starmer promises planning passports will put ‘rocket boosters’ on Labour housebuilding efforts
Starmer promises planning passports will put ‘rocket boosters’ on Labour housebuilding efforts
Section 8 eviction notice: Everything you need to know
Section 8 eviction notice: Everything you need to know
Disabled renters hoped Labour would bring change. Are they actually any different to the Tories?
Disabled renters hoped Labour would bring change. Are they actually any different to the Tories?
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill